The hostage deal (brought to you by Qatar)

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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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After 50 days of the Israel-Hamas war, both sides took a breather to save lives. And it couldn’t have happened without Qatar. This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin and Isabel Angel, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Rob Byers and Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was a very big weekend for the war between Israel and Hamas, but for the first time in 50 days of fighting, it wasn't because of killing. Old ladies are being safe, little kids were being safe.
0:17.0	Old ladies are being safe.
0:20.0	Little kids were being safe. Pahoo, poh,
0:24.1	Palestinian prisoners were coming home. were going home. And coming up on today explained that none of this would have
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